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Wikipedia article
'U-Boote westwrts!' (in English: 'U-boats Westward!') is a 1941 German war propaganda film promoting the 'Kriegsmarine'. It concerns a U-boat mission in the Battle of the Atlantic and was produced by UFA. The U-boat used for the film was , which would later play a major role in Operation Drumbeat.
Plot
The film opens aboard a U-boat as it returns from a mission. It then follows the crew onshore the day before they ship off for their next missionmeeting their family and sweethearts, spending a last night at a club, and so forth. Then they ship off, soon sighting and boarding a Dutch merchant ship, which they inspect for contraband. The boarding of the ship is shown being done professionally and in a non-confrontational manner. While they are aboard the Dutch ship, a Royal Navy ship spots them and tries to torpedo them, but the U-boat ends up sinking it.
Cast
* Herbert Wilk as Kapitnleutnant Hoffmeister
* Heinz Engelmann as Olt. zur See Wiegand
* Joachim Brennecke as Lt. zur See v. Benedict
* Ernst Wilhelm Borchert as Olt. Griesbach
* Karl John as Matr. Ob. Gefr. Drewitz
* Clemens Hasse as Masch.-Maat Sonntag
* Ilse Werner as Irene Winterfeld
* Admiral Karl Dnitz as himself
Motifs
The British are shown as cowardly and duplicitous. It also glamorizes death in battle: the British ship was torpedoed even though it had German POWs, and one dies, speaking of the honor of dying for the fatherland.
See also
* List of German films 19331945
* List of World War II films
References
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